Second Known Year 7 Tetradrachm of Ptolemy V from Ake
Triton XVI, Lot: 604. Estimate $3000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.87 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated RY 7 (198/7 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / BΛΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMΛIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΠT monogram (mint monogram) to left, LZ (date) to right. Unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, reverse off-center. Extremely rare, the second known (the other in a private collection).
From a Continental Collection, purchased privately in 1982.